Fresno City College is conducting its first capital campaign to raise the last $4 million needed for the $41 million restoration and renovation of the campus' historic Old Administration Building. The campaign has raised $2.4 million including a $300,000 gift from alumnus Gary Soto and his wife Carolyn - the largest gift ever received by the State Center Community College Foundation. Led by Campaign Co-Chairs Dr. Peter Mehas and Professor Don Larson the campaign began with a successful internal phase that raised $1 million funds from the "college family" led by Fresno City College President Dr. Ned Doffoney and Director of College Activities Ms. Gurdeep Sihota. Construction has begun and community leaders hosted tours of the building before it closed and encouraging full public support. In May, the State Center Community College District Board of Trustees publicly recognized the tremendous effort that has gone into the campaign for the OAB, and acknowledged the over 700 donors to date that have committed to seeing the project through to completion. As a symbolic sign of their faith in the generosity of the community, the Board approved an advance of $1.3 million to the capital campaign in order to complete the construction of the auditorium on time with the opening of the building in August 2010.

Paine College was able to determine the feasibility of launching a $21 million capital campaign and prepare for campaign launch. The Fundraising Assessment and Feasibility Study conducted by Saad & Shaw provided the College president and board of trustees with key findings and suggestions for how to prepare for the College's first capital campaign. Volunteer leadership was identified and initial strategies were presented providing the College with information about how alumni, community members, faith-based organizations and business leadership respond to its proposed campaign. The Comprehensive Capital Campaign Plan created by Saad & Shaw provides a roadmap for attracting volunteer leadership, building capacity and securing gifts. Augusta, GA 

 

North Carolina A&T University secured meetings with top corporate leadership across the San Francisco Bay Area as a result of working with Saad & Shaw. Special events were created to introduce the University to the area's leadership and alumni and to help recruit new students. A Saad & Shaw designed forum introduced the University to California community college leaders resulting in a partnership for graduating community college students from Contra Costa College interested in engineering. Saad & Shaw created and delivered a training program for board members and executive directors of college foundations at THE GATHERING conference for historically black colleges and universities and their related foundations. Greensboro, North Carolina
 

Bayview Hunters Point Multipurpose Senior Services, Inc secured extensive in-kind services required for the development and construction of senior housing. They strengthened and increased relationships with city leaders, corporations, developers and foundations. The board was expanded to include business and community leaders with the experience and influence required to provide project oversight. San Francisco , CA
 

Rubicon Programs doubled their annual giving and infused a culture of fundraising throughout the organization. They created new marketing and sponsorship opportunities that attracted new sources of revenue, in-kind services and allowed them to meet a matching goal set forth by by a local Foundation. Working from a Saad & Shaw created Fund Development Plan, they increased their board membership, attracted new volunteer leadership, produced a comprehensive marketing brochure, created and staffed a development team and created a Leadership Handbook. Reaching out to new prospects, they launched a Saad & Shaw designed new signature special event.  - Richmond, CA